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Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh 1500–1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 10 Mar 1587

Death Location: Stamford, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England

Father: Sir Heckington

Mother: Alice Walcot

Spouse(s): Sir Northampton)

Children(s): William Burghley, Lady Cecil), Margaret Cecil, Lady Cecil, Richard Cecil, Richard Cecil, Lady Cecil, Anne Cecil, Mary Cecil, ❤️ Cecil, Isabel Cecil

Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh was born in 1500 in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Sir William Debourne Heckington And Alice De Walcot. Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh married Sir Richard Cecil High Sheriff Rutland Of Burghley Northampton, and had children including Anne Agnes Cecil, Isabel Cecil, Katharine Cecil, Lady Amy Cicely Cecil, Lady Elizabeth Cecil, Lady Margaret Cecil Baroness Of Cecil, Lady Tamesen Elizabeth Halley Bingham Cecil, Margaret Margery Cecil, Mary Cecil, Richard Cecil, William Cecil 1St Lord Burghley. Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh passed away in 1587 in Stamford, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh was born in 1500 in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Sir William Debourne Heckington And Alice De Walcot.
  • Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh married Sir Richard Cecil High Sheriff Rutland Of Burghley Northampton, and had children including Anne Agnes Cecil, Isabel Cecil, Katharine Cecil, Lady Amy Cicely Cecil, Lady Elizabeth Cecil, Lady Margaret Cecil Baroness Of Cecil, Lady Tamesen Elizabeth Halley Bingham Cecil, Margaret Margery Cecil, Mary Cecil, Richard Cecil, William Cecil 1St Lord Burghley.
  • Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh passed away in 1587 in Stamford, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Berkeleigh's Ancestors

Self
Lady Berkeleigh
1500–1587
Birth Place: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
Sir William deBourne Heckington
1472–1553
Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Alice (De) Walcot
1470–1533
Walcot, Shropshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Berkeleigh's Descendants

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Lady (Jane Heckington Baroness of) Berkeleigh (1500–10 Mar 1587) m. Sir (Richard Cecil (High Sheriff Rutland of Burghley) Northampton) (1495–19 May 1552)
  1. 1. William (Cecil 1st Lord) Burghley 1520–1598 m. Mildred Cooke 1524–1589
    1. 1. Frances (Elizabeth) Cecil 1556–1588 m. John (Speculation Smith) Lieutenant 1585–1640 m. Hon (William) Pynchon 1590–1662 m. Sir (James Thomas Smith) (Smyth) 1555–1625
      1. 1. Rev (John) Smith 1614–1710 m. Susanna Hinckley 1625–1667
        1. 1. Shobal Smith 1654–1734
        2. 2. Joseph Smith 1667–1747
        3. 3. Benjamin (Smith) Sr 1658–1720
        4. 4. Ebenezer Smith 1646–1646
        5. 5. John Smith 1652–1652
      2. 2. Rev (Ralph Smith) (Smythe) 1590–1685 m. Elizabeth Hobart 1612–1655 m. Grace Lewis 1615–1685
        1. 1. Thomas (John) Smith 1649–1720 m. Mary Mayo 1665–1726
        2. 2. Daniel Smith 1647–1720
        3. 3. Unnamed (Child) Smith 1640–1640
        4. 4. Deborah Smith 1653–1725
        5. 5. Samuel Smith 1641–1697
        6. 6. John Smith 1644–1692
        7. 7. Daniel Smith 1647–1720
        8. 8. Child Smith 1640–1640
        9. 9. Elizabeth Smith 1648–1732
      3. 3. Rev (Henry) Smith 1600–1647
      4. 4. Francis Smith 1614–1679
      5. 5. Ralph (Smith) 9XGGF 1616–1685
      6. 6. Henry Smith 1619–1681
      7. 7. Mary Smith 1608–
      8. 8. Capt. (Christopher Lawrence) Smith 1592–1665
      9. 9. Anne Smith 1616–1680
      10. 10. Thomas Smith 1585–1660
      11. 11. Henry Smith –1671
    2. 2. Elizabeth Cecil 1564–1583
    3. 3. Catherine Cecil 1543–1567
    4. 4. Thomas, (1st Earl of Exeter, 2nd Baron of Burghley) Cecil 1542–1622
    5. 5. Margaret (Elizabeth) Cecil 1545–1611
    6. 6. Lady (Anne Countess Oxford) Cecil 1555–1588
    7. 7. Frances (Fransica) Cecil 1555–1555
    8. 8. G (Mildred) CECIL 1559–1561
    9. 9. Robert Cecil 1563–1612
    10. 10. Margaret Smith 1562–1616
  2. 2. Lady (Margaret Cecil (Baroness of) Cecil) 1547–1611
  3. 3. Margaret (Margery) Cecil 1523–1611
  4. 4. Lady (Elizabeth) Cecil 1525–1611
  5. 5. Richard Cecil 1552–1553
  6. 6. Richard Cecil 1516–1587
  7. 7. Lady (Amy Cicely) Cecil 1524–1562
  8. 8. Anne (Agnes) Cecil 1527–1557
  9. 9. Mary Cecil 1536–1570
  10. 10. ❤️ (Lady Tamesen Elizabeth Halley Bingham) Cecil 1526–1554
  11. 11. Isabel Cecil 1518–1588

Lady Berkeleigh's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
1587
10 Mar 1587
Age 87
Death of Lady Jane Heckington Baroness of Berkeleigh in St Martin Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
St Martin Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1587
    Event Place: St Martin Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Stamford, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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